The House rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s combo six-month stopgap spending extension and election security measure Wednesday, sending leadership back to the drawing board on a plan to stave off a partial government shutdown next month.
The 202-220 vote marked a predictable defeat for Johnson, R-La., on a bill that alienated most Democrats and left his own GOP conference divided.
Fourteen Republicans voted against it, more than enough to offset the three Democrats who defected from their party to back the measure: Maine’s Jared Golden, North Carolina’s Don Davis and Washington’s Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. They are considered three of the most endangered Democratic incumbents this November.
